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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK ISD·NCES 481653001412
Deepwater Elementary School
309 GLENMORE, PASADENA, TX 77503 · (832) 668-8300 · Harris County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
524 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 190 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 210 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 229 | 36% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DEER PARK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 31.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Deepwater Elementary School
Deepwater Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deepwater Elementary School this school | 629 | 83.3% | 36.8% |
| Taylor Ray Elementary School ROSENBERG | 615 | 82.9% | 45.9% |
| IDEA Brackenridge Academy SAN ANTONIO | 631 | 81.9% | 35.3% |
| Parkwood Elementary School PASADENA | 619 | 80.8% | N/A |
| Bailey Elementary School PASADENA | 602 | 86.0% | 44.7% |
| Julian C Gallardo Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 602 | 84.1% | 40.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Deepwater Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,970 of 4,401 | #413 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,089 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #450 of 625 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,445 of 4,466 ▲ 433 | #485 of 625 ▲ 69 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,753 of 3,998 | #435 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #1,402 of 4,938 | #318 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #839 of 4,622 | #123 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #3,656 of 4,628 | #531 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,706 of 4,789 | #377 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #984 of 2,838 | #189 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
629
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 629 | 48.3 | 13.0:1 | 83% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 49.6 | 12.6:1 | 86% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 51 | 12.4:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 49 | 13.4:1 | 83% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 57.9 | 14.0:1 | 83% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 79% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 83% (646) |
| 2000-01 | 907 | 54 | 16.8:1 | 69% (627) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 53 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deepwater Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (811 to 629); teachers down 17% (57.9 to 48.3).
About Deepwater Elementary School
Deepwater Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in PASADENA, Texas. It offers grades 3 through 5 and has 629 students enrolled. That is 21% bigger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Deepwater Elementary School is run by DEER PARK ISD, whose 14 schools enroll 12,165 students.
The share of students at Deepwater Elementary School who are Hispanic is 87%. The remaining students are 6% White and 6% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deepwater Elementary School is 13.0:1, based on 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Deepwater Elementary School counts 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Deepwater Elementary School is 1.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.8% actual, 38.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Deepwater Elementary School among them.
Deepwater Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Early Childhood Center, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Deepwater Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Deepwater Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 659 in 2020-21 to 629 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Deepwater Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEER PARK ISD
- Deer Park High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Deer Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Fairmont Junior High SchoolMiddle · 676 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 250
- Deepwater Junior High School0.2 mi · 639
- Parkwood Elementary School0.3 mi · 619
- McMasters Elementary School0.9 mi · 339
- Unlimited Visions Aftercare1.0 mi · 14
- Parks Elementary School1.3 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Deepwater Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Deepwater Elementary School?
Deepwater Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades 03-05.
Is Deepwater Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deepwater Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Deepwater Elementary School have?
Deepwater Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deepwater Elementary School?
At Deepwater Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Deepwater Elementary School?
Deepwater Elementary School is overseen by DEER PARK ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.